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Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Multiplayer Beta Coming in Early October

Pre-ordering the game will get you into the beta two days earlier than everyone else.

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is getting some significant changes over the original, including focusing on the patriotic Empire this time instead of those pesky rebels. At E3, EA promised a beta before the game's launch on November 17, and players will get just that when a multiplayer beta kicks off on October 6.

The beta will include battling around the royal palace on Naboo in Galactic Assault mode, as well as offer players the chance to jump into so iconic Star Wars spacecraft for aerial dogfights in Starfighter Assault mode. More details on the latter will be coming at GamesCom.

Players who pre-order Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will get to dive into the beta early on October 4. Pre-orders will also get you access to Yoda's Epic Lightsaber Mastery Star Card, which is only available while supplies last until the beta ends on October 9. The beta will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and through Origin on PC.

No word on when signups will begin or are even needed, but we'll keep you posted as more details emerge.

John Keefer

Contributing Editor

John Keefer is a curmudgeon that has been in journalism for 35 years, the last 16 in the video games industry. He loves real-time strategy games and prefers old-school Total Annihilation to StarCraft. He also loves isometric RPGs, and has been addicted to World of Warcraft for more than 10 years. He sucks at shooters and multiplayer and is purely a PC guy. And being a former member of Shack, he also likes Chatty. Go figure.